Total Solar Eclipse July 2

[Yazata]

In Chile and Argentina.

The European Southern Observatory in Chile plans to do a live webcast here

https://www.eso.org/public/live/

They say that the webcast starts 19:15 UTC (15:15 EDT, 12:15 PDT)

It reaches maximum at 20:40 UTC (16:40 EDT, 13:40 PDT)

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In contrast to the unpredictability of rocket launches, it's difficult to get enlivened about an eclipse that's only available by devices. Though scarce in a lifetime, looking at one overhead through filters at least feels more direct.

Even the Taurid meteor shower is past peak now. So despite a couple of weeks of the tail-end of that in July, the already forlorn hope of a rare "hazardous impactor" blowing a crater in Fred Ziffel's pasture and lighting up the horizon has fizzled.

Study investigates potential risk of Taurid meteor swarm
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-potential-...swarm.html

[Yazata]

In contrast to the unpredictability of rocket launches, it's difficult to get enlivened about an eclipse that's only available by devices.

I'm not tremendously excited, but I do find it interesting though. So I'll keep checking in on their feed periodically.

I need to see the Texas cowboys get their crazy steampunk spaceship off the ground in Boca Chica to really excite me. (MR's space-aliens landing would work too.)

When the big American total eclipse happened a while back, I wasn't in the path of totality, but the Moon still covered most of the Sun. Watching bright daylight turn into a dim sunset-like dusk was pretty weird.